Display rack



July 6 1926. 7

' M. F. BENCH ET AL DISPLAY RAGK Filed March 19, 1925 Vw Mow/napPatented July 6, 1926. i

UNITED {STATES} PATsN MARION F. BENCH, or cHILLIcorHn MIssoURI, AND OTTOn nonwnnnnnfon 1 DAVENPORT,.IOWA.-

, DISPLAY RACK.

; A Application filed March 19, 1925 .Serial No 16,761.

()urQinVentiOn relates to improvements in display racks and hasreferencemore particularly to one which is designed primarily I for use n displayng loaves of bread.

device of the class setfo-rth which will effect a very attractivedisplay and will act also as a storage device in which a numberofcustomers other loaves of bread may be placed, independently of those ondisplay, so that whenever a loaf is sold, the loaves in View of the neednot be removed from the rack. r i

' numeral 1 designates a rectangular bot-tom which is preferablyformedof sheet metal, a portion of said bottom being preferably bent upwardlyto provide a frontwall 2 p which is of infinitesimal height with respectto a pair of end walls 3 which rise from the bottom. These end walls areof ornamental shape and preferably formed with beaded] edges 4, and tosecure them in place,we preferably bend their lower edges horizontallyto provide flanges 5 which are secured against the lower side of-thebottom 1 by bolts or other. appropriate fasteners 6." The end walls3 arealso preferably formed with additional inwardly bent flanges 7 which aredisposed vertically and secured to the inner side of the front wall 2 bybolts or the like 8.

v Extending between the intermediate por tions of the end walls 3, is ashelf 9 which preferably declines forwardly, said shelf being disposedat an elevation above the front wall 2 and being spacedrearwardly fromthis wall, providing a space in. which loaves of bread or other articlesmay stand, as indicated by the dotted lines 10 in Figs. 2 and 4. In theconstruction shown, the front portion of the shelf 9 is bent downwardlyto It is the object of the invention to provide an extremely simple and'inexpensive With the foregoing in vieW,-tl1e invention resides in'thenovel subject matter here- I '11, but

' bakers, for which form. a vertical flange 'll which constitutes abarrier wall between the shelf and the bot tom 1, against which the rearsides of the articles 10 may rest, so as to f hold them against rearwarddisplacement. -This;bar-

from the bottom 1, greaterthan the thickrier wall preferably. terminatesa distance ness or width ofa loaf ofbread. Thus, the

loaves of bread 10 may be forwardly' inserted from the rear of the rack,under said barrier wall, and. angled to dispose them in i uprightposition. The ends ofthe shelf 9 andits flange 11 are preferably bent,laterally; to provide vertical flanges 12 secured to the endwalls 3bolts or the like 13,.so

as to not only support the shelf and'flange to relatively. brace saidend walls. 7 v The shelf 9 preferably declines forwardly, and to preventthe loaves of bread'orother articles placed thereonffrom slidingforwardly from said shelf, we h aveshown avertical plate 14; securedto-thebarrierwall 11' and projecting above the shelf toconstitute aledge for engagement with such articles, the latter being indicated at15 in Figs.2and4.

The rear of the rackfis open so that the space under the shelf 9 and inrear of the barrier wall 11, may be utilized for the storage of loavesofbread or other articles." Thus, whenever a sale is made, one of theberemoved from the storage 5 articles may space, without the necessityof taking an article from the. front portion of the rack or the shelf 9.Thus, terfered with. r

The primary use of the invention is inl retail stores and it'maywell befurnished to the merchants by the bakeries supplying them with bread. Inexchange for this courtesy, the merchantsmay well display a the displayis not indistinct advertisement for the baker or purpose, displayopenings 16 are provided in the lower portions of the end walls .3, saidendwalls having appropriate means 17 at the upper and lower edges ofthese openings, to hold advertising cards 18in place, so that they. willbe visible through said openings. In the device as manu actured, themajor portion of each Excellent results are obtainablev from the 5 endwall 3, preferably displays an attractive f details diselosed and suchdetails are thereforeby preference followed. However,

within the scope of the invention as claimed,

modifications may; of coursebemade.

' We claimz V r L 1. A rack for displaying and storing loaves of bread,comprising a bottom, a pair vof vertical end walls rising therefrom, a

"front wall at right angles to said bottom V to the other, a

2. A rackS-for loaves of bread-' coinprising a bottom, a pair and risingfrom the latter a distance less thanthelength'of a loaf of bread, saidfront wall eXtending-fronrone of said end walls forwardly declined shelfextendingbetween {and seenred" at its 'ends to said end walls-ata-distanceabove said bottom greater than the lengthof aloaf of bread,and a barrier-"wall projeeting down wardly fromthe'front edge of saidshelf at right-angles 'to said-bottom and extending from oneof said endwalls to the other, said barr-i'er'wallbeing spaced rearwardly from thepla-neof said front walla distance corresponding to the thickness of aloaf of breadysaid barrier-wall extending downward-1 from the shelf toan. extentto lie against' the loaves of bread standingon end betweensaid front wall and said barrier wall, the rear of the rack being'opento pernii'tthe storage of other loaves of bread beneathnthe "shelf." 7

displaying and storing front wall at right angles to said bottom andrising from the'latter a distance less than other, a forwardly declinedshelf extending between and secured at 1ts ends to said end walls at adistance above said bottom of vertical end walls rising therefrom, a

.35 the length of aloafof bread, said .front wall' extending from one ofsaid end walls to the greater than the len-gth of a loaf of bread,

and a barrier wall'projeeting downwardly 7 from the front edge of saidshelf at right angles to-said bottom and extending from one of said endwalls to the other," said barrier wall being spaced rearwardlyfroin thesponding to the thickness of a loaf of'bread, said barrier wallextending downwardly from the shelf to an extent to' lie againsttheloaves of bread standing on end "between plane of said frontwall adistance corresaidfront wall and-said barrier wall, but 1 limRiON-F.BENCH. 7 error. BOI-I-WEDDER;

